This is the 4280th most frequent Turkish word.
sağ
"Sağ" means "right" (direction) or "alive/healthy" in English.
Here, 'sağ' is used to indicate the direction 'right'.
Sağ elimi kaldırdım.
I raised my right hand.
In this sentence, 'sağ' is equivalent to 'healthy' or 'alive', used to describe the patient's condition.
Hastamızın durumu çok şükür ki sağ.
Thankfully, our patient is healthy.
Here, 'sağa', a form of 'sağ', is used as an adverb to indicate the direction 'right' as part of navigation instructions.